The “No Child Left Behind Act: 2001” mandates that each state will develop a standards based educational system. “Americans were promised that as a result of NCLB, we would have higher-quality, more equitable, and more accountable public schools” (Meier, 2007, p. xi).
With the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, schools are now forced to prepare everyone for university level. It doesn’t matter if they have the skills or are interested in attending college. This is something that needs to be addressed.
In addition, these same individuals should not be able to pull the necessary resources and money from schools who do not perform to their level of expectations. Each child is an individual and should be treated as that. Everyone learns differently and every child has the potential for greatness. By labeling the student as a failure as he doesn’t fit the educational mold is a defeatist attitude. Our country will not produce individuals who are creative and intuitive with this type of thinking.
Meier, D., Kohn, A., Darling-Hammond, L., Sizer, T. R., & Woof, G. (2004). Many children left behind: How no child left behind act is damaging our children & our schools. Boston: Beacon Press.
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Brauer, James. "No child left behind identifies good schools as failure." Helping Educators - Connect. Network. Learn. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Mar. 2012. .
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